I remember watching that film when I was a kid, and just being blown away by the very last moment in the film, including the end credits.
It touches this spot that a book or a play could never get next to.
I cant even really describe what I feel when I see it.

I watched it a few years ago, and if you're expecting that to happen a lot you'll be disappointed. It's, well, I guess it has the same thing that's not really an issue but is a lot more noticeable with older films. There's a lot of quiet. It takes its time, and I think it needs it because the plot is pretty good and needs time to explain things. I would say give it a watch, the last scene of the movie is even better than that head exploding scene.

I agree with you. Though there are certain stretches of the movie I don't like. On the other hand Micheal Ironside is brilliant. The story kind of reminds me of X-Men. If only Chronenberg was allowed to direct an X-Men movie.

I was around ten years old when I first watched Scanners. All I remembered was the head explosion. I sat and watched the movie again a few days ago and got to truly enjoy it, understanding what was going on. It is a bit dated and the "linking with the computer" was a bit cheesy, but the plot and end are great. I was thinking this movie could be remade/updated and would be awesome. You should definitely watch this film.

You were under the wrong impression. Apparently Warner and Universal or something got together and decided all of their blu-rays should be region-free, and I've heard statistics like 80% of blu-rays are region free, but I don't know how true that is. Obviously, a lot of ostensibly British or American or whatever blu-rays are in fact region free (like, luckily, the ones you have) but there is a large contingent that aren't, notably:

All Criterion Collection blu-rays are region-locked to Region A.

All Masters of Cinema releases are region-locked to Region B.

I think all Arrow releases are region-locked to Region B.

Many (but not all) Artificial Eye releases are region-B locked.

There are many others, but those are probably the main labels. Masters of Cinema are really cool and I'm glad we get some releases the Americans don't, but goddamn Criterion releases are so fucking good (except Yojimbo which was pretty garbage).

Eh, I've heard OPPOs are region-free, but they are so expensive, I really don't think it's worth me getting one. I mean, my TV isn't that great, I'd guess, and I don't have a surround setup or anything.

I love Scanners. I'm going to school for screenwriting and Chronenberg's films have always been a favorite of mine. I like how this new cover is creepy, and gets the point of melting face across, but in a fresh visual style that isn't just a picture of Michael Ironside.